Seven icons of Christ
Subtitle: an introduction to the Oikoumenical councils
By: edited by Sergey Trostyanskiy
Series: Gorgias handbooks; Gorgias handbooks
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Piscataway, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9781463205720
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Ecumenical Councils and synods; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface:; title: Moments in the shaping of Christian tradition  -- John A. McGuckin -- Introduction:; title: The Oikoumenical councils as icons of Christ  -- Sergey Trostyanskiy; title: The divine Christ of the Council of Nicaea: 325  -- John A. McGuckin; title: The Council of Constantinople I: 381 : Christ's divine majesty and the impartiality of his humanity  -- Todd E. French; title: The Council of Ephesus: 431 : the ontological status of the personal unity of God and humanity  -- Sergey Trostyanskiy; title: The Council of Chalcedon: 451 : in search of a nuanced and balanced Christology  -- Matthew J. Pereira; title: The Council of Constantinople II: 553 : a Christology seeking refinement and subtlety  -- Anna Zhyrkova; title: The Council of Constantinople III: 681 : the moral dynamism of Christ and the significance of freedom  -- Gregory Tucker; title: The Council of Nicaea II: 787 : the power and sacramentality of Christ's icon -- Will Bellamy.